Grasp the farming script in the famous book

"Broker Cat" Luna asked Roland: "Did you really spend money to rent another bedroom and let Miss de Amely live next to you?"

Roland smiled: "That's not true."

"Earlier, I asked the dormitory supervisor, and only then did I know that the two empty rooms on the left and right sides of my dormitory were rented in advance by my wealthy mother."

"She thought that my house would be quiet enough only if no one lived on the left and right sides. So when I came, she directly rented three rooms for me."

On the left and right sides are empty dormitories rented by the family. Miss de Amely was invited to live there. What reason did the school say "no"?

But with that lady's quiet personality, even if she lives next door, it will be the same as before.

The broker Mao let out a sigh of relief and said, "I'll just say it! You haven't started earning money yet, and you're spending money lavishly...it's not like you!"

Roland smiled helplessly, and said, "It's true now... I started spending money before I started earning it."

"But now I'm thinking that investment in people is also an investment - Louise plays the piano so wonderfully, I have a hunch that she will definitely become the leading pianist in France."

"Although I don't ask her for anything in return, if I can see her succeed in this plane, it will also give me a sense of accomplishment, won't I?"

The little cow cat flicked its tail back and forth on the floor: "Lan Lan, what you said... makes sense..."

"However, don't forget yourself, your own ability is also worthy of trust!"

Luna reminded Roland.

Roland: That's right, I almost forgot about myself.

However, she is not used to her "specialty" yet, and she only opens her mouth occasionally in vocal music class and sings casually.

She still intends to find some "Zhongtian" opportunities. After all, she has nearly [-] francs of capital in her hands, and it would be too wasteful to think of ways to increase the value.

The girls at the boarding school were so jealous of Miss de Amely's "fortune".

The student from a poor family had recently climbed up to the young lady of the nouveau riche—the one named Danglars.

From then on, Miss de Amely lived in the best dormitory in the school, and she was allowed to exclusively use a piano room to practice piano—of course, these were the privileges that Miss Tanglar only enjoyed after she greeted the school. .

The boarders who used to have free labor are not feeling well now.

When they saw Miss de Amely and Mademoiselle Tanglars, they could not help being sneering.

"Eugénie, did you buy your father's title?"

Monsieur Danglars was a new baronet, the so-called "new nobleman."The ancestor surnamed Tanglar was definitely not a nobleman.

"So what?" Roland didn't care at all, "My father is rich."

"If the king is willing to sell the title of Grand Duchess, I will ride to Paris to buy it."

other side:……

Many of Roland's "enemies" have the names of nobles left by their ancestors. After several times of turmoil from the end of the last century to the present, the cash drawer at home has long been empty.

These ladies, however, insist on clinging to the titles and "dignity" left to them by the old era, ignoring the fact that the new class is rising.

Miss de Amely is obviously a classmate who is as cash-strapped as they are, but they have no sympathy and just bully and oppress.

Because they had no money, they were particularly concerned about Roland's wealth and tried their best to laugh at it.

Roland's counterattack was also very simple, using magic to fight magic, and having money to fight no money, making them all painfully engulfed by jealousy.

"Hmph, Miss Tanglar, no matter how rich you are, you can't buy respect."

A boarding student surnamed Porpora was very disgusted with Roland's smell of copper and accused him.

Roland smiled and said indifferently: "It is true, but, at least money can be exchanged for some convenience."

After she said this and left, the girls in the school gradually discovered that Roland and Miss de Amely had indeed gained more and more convenience in life.

When the students went to the dining room, they often saw the cook serving out the prepared meals—"This is specially prepared for Miss Tanglar and Miss de Amely. They are studying in the piano room, and they specially asked the dinner to be sent to the restaurant." go."

The washerwoman always washed the clothes that Roland sent first: "Who made those two ladies have a good temper and always take care of us? Naturally, they should be washed first."

Even the hot water sent to the dormitories for washing every morning, when faced with urging by the handmaid, there is always only one sentence: "Wait a minute, wait a moment, send it to Miss Tanglar first, then I can take care of it." you."

The girls in the boarding house are extremely depressed. How can this be "good tempered" and "caring and considerate"?It is clear that the evil money is behind the scenes.

In a fit of anger, Miss Popola complained to the dormitory supervisor.

The dormitory teacher shrugged: "Eugénie and Louise? The daily work assigned to them, cleaning the corridors and courtyards, and preparing for the evening prayer class, were all done by themselves, and they never handed over to others. This is not against the school's rules. stipulate that?"

"Those conveniences were provided voluntarily by the female workers in the school."

Seeing a group of female students filled with righteous indignation, the dormitory manager also felt very helpless: "The world is difficult, and the female workers who help the school do not have much income. Miss Tanglar supports them, and they try their best to help. Is this understandable?"

The dormitory teacher almost said "you can do it if you have money".

Miss Popola and her companions almost twisted their noses in anger, but they couldn't refute.

In Roland's bedroom, "Broker Cat" Luna "bites ears" with her contestants.

"Lan Lan, are you really only going to show off during the 'warm-up period'?"

Roland smiled: Of course not.

Through "showing off", she has basically made friends with all the female workers and cooks in all schools, and learned that they are all villagers in nearby villages.

"I already have a general understanding of the situation around the school."

So far, Roland has not yet stepped out of the school, but he already has a general understanding of the geography and people's livelihood around the school.

This boarding school for girls is located in the south of Paris, near the road from Paris to Orleans.There is a small village near the school—Lina Village. From the village, you can see the tower of Monterrey standing tall on the plain in the distance.

Most of the villagers in Lina Village are women and children.There are very few laborers in their prime—during the period of "great turmoil"1, most of the men in the village were conscripted into the army, and not many of them could return alive, and many of them were left with incurable disabilities.

However, when the young boys grew up, they went to the big cities one after another to "beg for a living". They were unwilling to stay in Lina Village and live a hard and poor life.

The existence of the girls' boarding school, in the words of the villagers of Lina, is "a little bit of light that Almighty God allows us to see in our despair."

All women who are good looking and able to do some manual labor go to girls' schools to do odd jobs.

They sell their labor at a very low price, but the income they get is beyond the reach of the men in the village.

But even so, the female workers still need to go back to help from time to time to do the work in the field: after all, it is the ration of their whole village, and sometimes they have to use food to pay taxes.

"Eugénie, we're going back to the village this afternoon to help the men plant the land." The female workers and Roland were familiar enough to call each other by their names.

It was early spring, but the farm work in the field had to be done quickly.If you miss the time, you will delay your livelihood for a year.

"Can I go with you guys? I want to see how you hit the ground."

Roland asked with a smile.

The female workers are all stupid.

"You are a distinguished noble lady, why did you come to the village...to watch us plant the land?"

"Besides, you... can't get out?"

Boarding schools for girls are strictly closed management. For the sake of the "safety" of the students, students are not allowed to leave the school without permission.

Roland smiled: "With you guys by my side, what do I have to be afraid of?"

"As for whether I can get out or not, I have my own way."

She had already prepared for this: a set of peasant women's clothes in the countryside of central France.

The clothes were old and faded to gray.Therefore, although it was cleaned very cleanly, the upper body still looked dusty.

With the help of Louise, Roland changed all the beautiful clothes she usually wears, such as panniers, corsets... all thrown aside.

Putting on the peasant women's clothes for working, Roland let out a sigh of relief, feeling much more comfortable.

Then she wrapped her long black and beautiful hair with a thick turban, and then used an eyebrow pencil to draw the two straight eyebrows down a little bit, and then looked in the mirror. Tuo already looks like a village girl.

Louise was worried about Roland.

"You...do you have to go?" the little girl timidly asked her friend.

Roland nodded decisively: "I'll go and see if there's anything I can do to help Lina Village."

Louise's gaze immediately turned to admiration when she looked at Roland. The little girl was greatly moved by Roland's enthusiasm for helping others, but she didn't dare to say that she would go with her.

"I'll go once first, and I'll bring you with me next time." Roland comforted Louise.

"Don't forget, you still have to cover for me in school."

Roland saw that there was no flaw in his whole body, bid farewell to Louise, and left the school with the female workers.

At the school gate, Roland was interrogated by the guard: "This girl seems a bit unfamiliar."

"Miss Tanglar asked me to help her walk the cat. Miss Tanglar said that her cat needs exercise and fresh air. It needs to be taken to the wilderness for a good walk, and it will be brought back in the evening."

As soon as Roland stretched out his hand, the little black-and-white flower jumped into her arms with a "swish", and a pair of glass bead-like cat eyes stared at the guard, as if they were testifying for Roland.

The gate guard knew that there was a rich lady in the school who had the habit of "walking the cat", so he raised his hand to let it go, and did not forget to remind: "Send the cat back early, if Miss Kuo asks, we won't speak for you .”

Roland wanted to laugh: Miss Kuo is right in front of you.

But no one recognized her.Even the female workers who went out of school with her gradually forgot her true identity.

"Come on, there's a lot of work to do this afternoon."

A young female worker named Anna pulled Roland's arm, and suddenly realized that she was pulling "Miss Rich", and quickly apologized, "Oh, dear Miss Tanglar, by God, I didn't mean it..."

Roland was very interested: "Come on, tell me, what are you going to do this afternoon..."

Half of the land in Lina Village is used to grow food and grain, and the other half is used for pasture. The pasture is harvested four times a year and sent to nearby pastures.

In addition, there is a large vegetable field in the village.The vegetables produced in the vegetable field are supplied to the nearby girls' boarding school, and the rest are regularly sent to the nearby market for sale.

The women rushed back today to clean up the vegetable fields and prepare for the middle school.

"Tell me, what do you grow?" Roland asked with great interest.

The women immediately chattered, and Roland heard that they were all familiar to her: onions, garlic, celery, parsnip, cauliflower...

"Asparagus?" Suddenly she heard a somewhat special name, "Do you grow asparagus?"

This was a bit of a surprise—asparagus typically grows on land that is too salty to grow other crops.

The village of Linas is located in central France, which is not an area where asparagus was often grown in history.

"This thing is very easy to sell!" Anna explained to Roland, "Let's not talk about the nearby market, as much as the village produces, the school will charge..."

Roland thought to himself: Indeed...

Asparagus is a very precious food.It is a plant in the Liliaceae family. The part that people eat is its shoots. These shoots taste crisp and tender before lignification, taste sweet and slightly bitter, and are accompanied by a unique fragrance.

It has always been a very popular ingredient in continental Europe.

Boarding schools for girls have always advertised that they cultivate elegant and knowledgeable women.Naturally, they are also very fond of ingredients that can be on the table of nobles.

The asparagus produced in Lina Village does not need to be sent to the nearby market for sale. The kitchen of the girls’ boarding school will naturally buy them all, make delicious dishes, and send them to the (rich) students’ tables.

"Unfortunately, there is too little land in the village that can grow asparagus." Anna sighed, "If these asparagus can grow a little longer, we won't be so poor."

The village of Lina was indeed very poor.

Roland followed the women as they approached the village, and all they saw were dilapidated and desolate stone houses—it is said that the houses made of hard stones can last for a long time, but the village lacks strong labor, and people put all their Who cares about the appearance of the house when all the energy is focused on the little rations?

"Take me to see where you grow asparagus."

Anna responded.The women went home first, took out their usual agricultural tools, drank a few sips of water, and then prepared to work non-stop.

"Where is this girl from?"

A lame farmer in the village saw Roland and immediately asked loudly.

"We can't afford to keep more idlers here."

The women immediately booed loudly: "It's as if we are all idlers."

"Let's find out first, who is raising whom?!"

The farmer didn't dare to make a sound, and walked away with his head down.

"The women in the village earn more than the men, and they dare not say anything about us." Anna explained to Roland in a low voice.

"Look, that's where we grow vegetables." Anna pointed her finger at the sloping terrain, "Only that small piece of asparagus is suitable for middle-aged asparagus, and no other places are suitable."

Roland walked over quickly, squatted down, and grabbed a handful of soil.

The kitten Luna followed her gracefully to the side of the raised ridge in the vegetable field, squatting beside Roland with a "meow".

The women were used to seeing Roland wearing expensive and gorgeous dresses with a slender waist, walking back and forth between musical instruments and books.

At this moment, when they saw Roland squatting beside the field ridge, grabbing a handful of soil and slowly inspecting it, they all froze in place.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Roland lowered his head and tasted the soil in her palm.

"Oh, my God! Are my eyes blurred? Why did I see that Miss Tanglar was 'eating dirt'?"

The women turned pale.

Roland went his own way, walked directly along the field for a long distance, pointed to the land and asked loudly: "Anna, are you saying that this place is not suitable for growing asparagus?"

Anna nodded with shock on her face, looked at Roland's figure who continued to grab, look at, and eat dirt, and murmured, "God, I'm a little skeptical now... the merciful God sees that we have been poor for too long , sent us a... angel?"

Roland didn't know this at all. After tasting the soil on both sides, she strode over and said, "That whole piece of land can grow asparagus, and the soil is very good, very suitable."

The women widened their eyes in surprise:

Is this lady out of her mind?They had just told her that there was only one small piece of land suitable for asparagus.

"The soil here is loose and sandy, and the soil is not easy to compact. It is very suitable for medium-planting asparagus."

"The only difference between the two sides of the land is that the soil here has a higher salt content and tastes saltier."

The women were all stunned, unable to say a word:

This "crazy" lady, after tasting the soil, came to the conclusion that the soil is salty?

Roland smiled at the dumbfounded women, and said, "My family lived by the sea for a while, and I saw other people picking asparagus."

"I heard from the old people that asparagus is a vegetable suitable for growing by the sea. Only they can withstand the salt in the soil, and they need the salt to grow."

……This.

An aunt standing behind Anna said thoughtfully: "I seem to have heard of this too—it is said that farmers in Normandy like to grow asparagus in front of and behind their houses...Normandy is near the sea."

"Then the vegetable field in our village..."

What is it that allows asparagus to grow in a small plot of land in the village of Linas as well as in the vegetable garden of a farmer in Normandy?

"Is it because..."

The women suddenly realized and found the answer at the same time.

"A few years ago when we were fighting for salt..."

Since the "Great Turmoil", salt, as a necessity of life, has been heavily taxed.The village is full of private salt dealers.From time to time people also took up arms and snatched salt from officials before hiding it.

Needless to say, the small vegetable patch suitable for growing asparagus had previously been filled with sacks of salt.The salt crystals seep through the gaps in the bag and seep into the ground, causing the soil's salinity to rise.So much so that this piece of land is not suitable for other Chinese, only suitable for Chinese asparagus.

Roland pointed to the ridges in other places, and said, "Do you have any coarse salt? The quality of that kind is particularly bad. The coarse salt that is dried with bittern can't be used for cooking..."

Not to mention, Lina Village really does exist.

Who hasn't been fooled by private salt dealers a few times just because the picture is cheap?

"Divide the ridges of the field and sprinkle a little coarse salt evenly on the ground. This land can also grow asparagus." Roland instructed everyone.

"By the way, medium-white asparagus is more profitable than green asparagus. Do you want to grow white asparagus?"